Desk (from the Hotel Solvay residence, Brussels, Belgium) (Primary Title)
Victor Horta, Belgian, 1861 - 1947 (Artist)
Victor Horta is considered by many to be the father of Art Novueau architecture. In 1893 he designed one of the earliest Art Nouveau houses in Belgium for Emile Tassel, who gave the architect complete artistic freedom. After Horta gained further recognition for his architecture, Armand Solvay commissioned him to build a house in Brussels, for which this desk was specifically made. Solvay also gave the architect unlimited freedom and financing to do the interior decoration and furnishings for his house. The curvilinear edges of the desktop are repeated in the multicolored-marble insert that served as the writing surface.
Sydney and Frances Lewis Endowment fund
Musee Horta, Brussels, Belgium, Jan 17 - April 15, 1973;
©artist or artist’s estate
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